gestire — Italian conjugation
to manage
Indicative
Present (Presente) Irregular
The presente covers habits, ongoing situations, and plans about to start — much like English “I study” and “I am studying”. One present tense does both in Italian.
Lavora da casa tre giorni a settimana.
| Pronoun | Italian | English |
|---|---|---|
| io | gestisco | I manage |
| tu | gestisci | you manage |
| lui/lei | gestisce | he/she/it manages |
| noi | gestiamo | we manage |
| voi | gestite | you (pl.) manage |
| loro | gestiscono | they manage |
Simple past (Passato remoto) Regular
The passato remoto tells a completed, narrative past, especially in the south and in literature. The passato prossimo is the normal spoken past in the north, so you choose register and region, not a difference in time alone.
Quella sera arrivò tardi, senza alibi.
| Pronoun | Italian | English |
|---|---|---|
| io | gestii | I managed |
| tu | gestisti | you managed |
| lui/lei | gestì | he/she/it managed |
| noi | gestimmo | we managed |
| voi | gestiste | you (pl.) managed |
| loro | gestirono | they managed |
Imperfect (Imperfetto) Regular
The imperfetto is for incomplete past actions, context, and repeated or habitual situations without a clear end. The passato prossimo, not the remoto, is its usual “event” partner in speech.
Da bambina passavo le estati al mare.
| Pronoun | Italian |
|---|---|
| io | gestivo |
| tu | gestivi |
| lui/lei | gestiva |
| noi | gestivamo |
| voi | gestivate |
| loro | gestivano |
Conditional (Condizionale) Regular
The condizionale is for polite “would you…”, first-condition hypotheticals, and reported future from a past point of view. The classic if-chain is se + imperfetto → condizionale.
Potresti alzare un poco la voce?
| Pronoun | Italian | English |
|---|---|---|
| io | gestirei | I would manage |
| tu | gestiresti | you would manage |
| lui/lei | gestirebbe | he/she/it would manage |
| noi | gestiremmo | we would manage |
| voi | gestireste | you (pl.) would manage |
| loro | gestirebbero | they would manage |
Future (Futuro semplice) Regular
The futuro semplice is for predictions and far decisions. In speech you often hear the present (with a time adverb) or a paraphrase, and a famous trick is the futuro di probabilità for a present guess: saranno le tre.
Domani partiremo all'alba.
| Pronoun | Italian | English |
|---|---|---|
| io | gestirò | I will manage |
| tu | gestirai | you will manage |
| lui/lei | gestirà | he/she/it will manage |
| noi | gestiremo | we will manage |
| voi | gestirete | you (pl.) will manage |
| loro | gestiranno | they will manage |
Present perfect (Passato prossimo) Regular
The passato prossimo is the workhorse preterit-like past in the north and in everyday Italian: avere/essere + participle, essere for reflexives, motion, and other change-of-state patterns.
Siamo andati a piedi, poi abbiamo preso l'autobus.
| Pronoun | Italian | English |
|---|---|---|
| io | ho gestito | I have managed |
| tu | hai gestito | you have managed |
| lui/lei | ha gestito | he/she/it has managed |
| noi | abbiamo gestito | we have managed |
| voi | avete gestito | you (pl.) have managed |
| loro | hanno gestito | they have managed |
Pluperfect (Trapassato prossimo) Regular
The trapassato prossimo is “further in the past than another past” — the Italian pluperfect. It pairs with a main past clause to mark sequence.
Avevamo già mangiato quando suonò il telefono.
| Pronoun | Italian | English |
|---|---|---|
| io | avevo gestito | I had managed |
| tu | avevi gestito | you had managed |
| lui/lei | aveva gestito | he/she/it had managed |
| noi | avevamo gestito | we had managed |
| voi | avevate gestito | you (pl.) had managed |
| loro | avevano gestito | they had managed |
Conditional perfect (Condizionale passato) Regular
The condizionale passato is for unreal or missed past results and often appears with se + trapassato prossimo in the protasis.
Avrei accettato, se mi avessero avvisato in tempo.
| Pronoun | Italian |
|---|---|
| io | avrei gestito |
| tu | avresti gestito |
| lui/lei | avrebbe gestito |
| noi | avremmo gestito |
| voi | avreste gestito |
| loro | avrebbero gestito |
Future perfect (Futuro anteriore) Regular
The futuro anteriore says something will already be over before a still-later future, or, like the French, can express a logical guess about a past result.
Entro le cinque, avrà già lasciato l'ufficio.
| Pronoun | Italian | English |
|---|---|---|
| io | avrò gestito | I will have managed |
| tu | avrai gestito | you will have managed |
| lui/lei | avrà gestito | he/she/it will have managed |
| noi | avremo gestito | we will have managed |
| voi | avrete gestito | you (pl.) will have managed |
| loro | avranno gestito | they will have managed |
Subjunctive
Present subjunctive (Congiuntivo presente) Irregular
The congiuntivo presente is required after many verbs and fixed phrases of will, fear, purpose, and doubt. Impersonal and semi-impersonal triggers (è importante che) also force the subjunctive mood.
Penso che sia la scelta giusta.
| Pronoun | Italian |
|---|---|
| io | gestisca |
| tu | gestisca |
| lui/lei | gestisca |
| noi | gestiamo |
| voi | gestiate |
| loro | gestiscano |
Imperfect subjunctive (Congiuntivo imperfetto) Regular
The congiuntivo imperfetto is the past of the congiuntivo system after a past matrix clause and in se + congi. imperf. → condizionale with unreal conditions.
Se avessi più tempo, viaggerei ogni mese.
| Pronoun | Italian |
|---|---|
| io | gestissi |
| tu | gestissi |
| lui/lei | gestisse |
| noi | gestissimo |
| voi | gestiste |
| loro | gestissero |
Other forms
Imperative (affirmative) (Imperativo) Regular
The affirmative imperativo reuses the tu form as 3sg for -are verbs, while other conjugations use the normal tu present. It is the direct command register.
Raccontami com'è andata l'esame.
| Pronoun | Italian |
|---|---|
| tu | gestisci |
| lui/lei | gestisca |
| noi | gestiamo |
| voi | gestite |
| loro | gestiscano |
Imperative (negative) (Imperativo negativo) Regular
Negative commands use non + full infinitive in modern Italian, which is a distinctive rule compared to other Romance languages. Polite or indirect “please don’t” can still soften the tone in context.
Non aprire quella finestra, per favore.
| Pronoun | Italian |
|---|---|
| tu | non gestire |
| lui/lei | non gestisca |
| noi | non gestiamo |
| voi | non gestite |
| loro | non gestiscano |